Guest Blog: Upcoming ATS Trauma Course

By Joyce Hospodar

Scheduled for August 24 and 25, 2013, on the Medical Campus of The University of Arizona, Tucson,  is a Trauma Program Manager Course  targeted for small rural facilities. This course will be led by expert Trauma Program Managers from the American Trauma Society. Recognized throughout the trauma community as the premier course for learning about the role and importance of the Trauma Program Manager as well as the role of other essential members of a trauma program, registration is open by going directly to the following link  http://www.amtrauma.org/calendars/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=98&ModuleID=46&StartDate=8/24/2013  

The sponsor of the event is the Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program at the Center for Rural Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona. 

Please contact Joyce Hospodar at hospodar@email.arizona.edu or at 520.626.2432  if you have any questions or need more information.

About the Author

Joyce Hospodar, MPA, MBA, has worked as the senior program coordinator of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program since 2001. She is responsible for providing technical assistance in gathering, organizing and presenting required data for rural Arizona hospitals seeking federal designation as a Medicare Critical Access Hospital (CAH) under the Flex program. hospodar@u.arizona.edu